Immigration to Australia

Australia Investor Visa

The Investor category helps investors / business people willing to make a significant investment in Australia.

The requirements that an applicant must meet to be eligible to apply for an Investor (Provisional, temporary, not sponsored) visa for Australia are:

• Applicants must show that they have an overall successful record of eligible investment or qualifying business activity ;
• Applicants must have a total of at least three years experience of direct involvement in managing one or more qualifying business or eligible investments;
• For at least one of the five fiscal years immediately before the application is made:
• a) Applicant must have maintained direct involvement in either managing a qualifying business in which the applicant  (or applicant and spouse together) had an ownership interest of at least 10% of the total value of the business;
• b) Applicant must have maintained direct involvement in managing (or applicant and  spouse's combined) eligible investments, the total value of which was at least A$1,500,000;
• For the two fiscal years immediately preceding the application, the net value of your (or applicant and spouse's combined) assets must have been at least A$2,250,000;
• Applicant must have demonstrated a high level of management skill in relation to an eligible investment or qualifying business activity;
• At the time of visa decision, applicant must have made a Designated Investment of A$1,500,000;
• Applicant must be under the age of 45 at the time of application;
• Applicant must have at least a vocational level of English;
• Neither applicant or spouse should have a history of involvement in business or investment activities that are not generally acceptable in Australia;
• Applicant must have notified the appropriate regional authority of a state or territory of your business history and intentions to develop a business in that State or Territory;
• Applicant must have a realistic commitment to continue to maintain a business or investment activity in Australia after the Designated Investment has matured;
• Applicant must have signed a declaration that understanding the obligations as the holder of this type of visa.

If the applicant is able to obtain sponsorship from an appropriate regional authority of a State/Territory government, then the  application would fall under the State/Territory Sponsored Investor (Provisional) category, and in addition to the above, the applicant  would have to meet the following requirements:

• Applicants would have to show that they have been sponsored by an appropriate regional authority of a State or Territory government;
  
• In reference to point 3 above, the total value of the applicant’s (or application and spouse's) eligible investments in which direct involvement would have to be A$750,000 maintained.
• In reference to point 4 above, the net value of of the applicant’s (or application and spouse's) assets for the two fiscal years preceding the application would have to be at least A$1,125,000;
• In reference to point 6 above, at the time of visa grant the applicant must have made a Designated Investment of A$750,000
• In reference to point 7 above, the applicant must be aged less than 55 years at the time of proposal to establish or participate in a business that the  sponsoring State or Territory has determined is of exceptional economic benefit to that State or Territory.